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'Chicken Little' has been Disneyfied with a vengeance
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

The sky isn't falling at Disney, but it seems like the bottom is falling out. Stock troubles. Executive troubles. Board troubles. Pixar ("Finding Nemo," "Toy Story") bolting. So there's a lot riding on "Chicken Little," the studio's first foray into computer animation since Pixar left. Unfortunately, the strain shows. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
After Chicken Little mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky, his name is mud in his hometown and he struggles to restore his reputation. He joins the local baseball team and manages to smack a championship-winning homerun. But no sooner has Chicken Little redeemed himself then he is conked on the head one more time. And this time the sky really is falling!

FILM FACTS ...

Buena Vista Pictures

'Chicken Little'

Director: Mark Dindal
Starring: Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn, Don Knotts
Run time: 81 minutes
Release date: Nov. 4, 2005
Rating: G
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On the web
Official movie site
View the trailer
Trailers require Quicktime

READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C-
"It's difficult to shake off the impression that the House of Mouse, in doing away with their traditional 2-D animation department, has traded its royal heritage ... for a group of smart-alecky Looney Tunes wannabes."

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Middletown Journal: B+
"Disney's computer animation cannot match the finesse of Pixar, but the Mouse House still has some tricks up its sleeve."

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The Palm Beach Post: B
"... a comic take on War of the Worlds — by way of King Kong, M. Night Shyamalan's Signs and E.T., all mixed to a Motown beat."

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The Palm Beach Post "Flick Chick"
"...neither the big honking failure that naysayers predicted it would be nor the majestic groundbreaking triumph that the Mighty Mouse's spin-meisters will likely proclaim it."